The Corner

by Walter Alarkon - 06/05/08 8:58 AM ET

Barack Obama could have picked women with more credentials than Caroline Kennedy to his running mate selection team, writes Lisa Schiffren. While Kennedy brings class and pedigree, she’s not more qualified than Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) or Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.), she writes. Obama gets good news from Hamas, which “un-endorses” him after his speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee strongly defending Israel and the notion of an undivided Jerusalem, Kathryn Jean Lopez notes.

Tags Barack Obama Claire McCaskill Kathleen Sebelius